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Can you imagine that being a response to little Johnny or Jennifer nowadays???

My God! There would be uproar, safeguarding meetings, litigation, protests and calls for all sport to be cancelled forever!

I don't think either answer is the perfect one BUT oh man everything is taken to the absolute safe and secure extreme now.

Yeah. You are right. But I rubbed some dirt on it and got my stitches after the game :)

I got my chimes rung in a football game (a relatively common occurrence in those days) and I came to the side lines not really knowing where I was. After a couple plays the assistant coach came over, held up three fingers and asked me how many I saw. I said "Who wants to know?" He sent me back in...